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ASN Morning Read: What to Do about Goalkeeper?

Who's going to play net for the United States men's national team during its crucial March qualifiers? New head coach Bruce Arena has some thoughts, which is definitely a good thing; Americans assist.

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Noah Davis
Posted
February 10, 2017
2:50 AM

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Bruce Arena talks goalkeepers and other things: "Brad Guzan is a very experienced goalkeeper, and as we saw in the case of Nick Rimando in January Camp that experience means a lot. Because they’re not getting games on a consistent basis doesn’t mean you can rule him out. I think Brad has shown enough that he’s still a strong candidate to be our number one goalkeeper. In the case of Tim Howard, he’s moving along pretty well. I believe he’s 12 weeks out of surgery and the expectation for him was that his full recovery would be between 12 and 16 weeks, so he’s on schedule to hopefully start the first week of the M.L.S. season. Having said that, it could be off a couple weeks and perhaps he won’t be a candidate for March. Right now, he’s still in the picture and that’s a positive as well."